December 2013
We wish all of our friends a
joyous Merry Christmas and very Happy New Year.
The Lord continues to bless our family and we are forever grateful to
Him for His mercy and His grace!
Two more grandsons made their
arrival this year. Daughter Jessi and
her husband Mike are the parents of a 4th child, Barrett Padraic,
born on February 22. Also, son Jeremy
and his wife Lisa are the parents of a 3rd child, Marshall David,
born exactly one month later, March 22.
Both boys are so cute and growing very rapidly. They bring our total to 7 granddaughters and
7 grandsons. We are truly blessed!
It has been a challenging year as
well. IBM decided they no longer needed
the position held by Bruce and he was laid off in July. Once laid off, he retired from both IBM and
McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and began receiving his pensions. He still teaches one night a week at Missouri
Baptist and pastors Bethesda
Baptist Church. For the present, we are doing fine
financially and have insurance as an IBM retiree. Unfortunately, our needs still require Bruce
to work full time so he has been looking for a new job since July.
Debbie has also had a difficult
year. She had surgery on her left foot
back in April (she had surgery on the right one last year) but the bone has not
healed. Recently she got a second
opinion and that doctor is going to try some other things to help her. She will have another surgery on that foot in
early 2014. She keeps busy with our
ladies ministry at church and loving on her grandkids!
Briefly, here is a summary on our
children and their families:
§
Tim & Sonja’s family is
changing as well. Mandie graduated with
both a high school diploma and an Associate of Arts from the Missouri Academy
at Maryville University in May. The twins each have a boyfriend (no, the boys
are not also twins!). Jacob is recently
engaged to Allison and they are planning a May 31 wedding in our church with Grandpa
officiating.
§
Jeremy & Lisa’s daughters,
Lydia & Lainey, are in preschool at a local Lutheran church. Lydia, just completed her first
soccer season. Their home just escaped
the May tornado which hit our area.
§
Jessi & Mike are kept busy
with baseball being played by Brody and Bryson.
Their daughter Cora turns 2 just before Christmas and is getting bigger
(and cuter) every day.
§
Sarah & Matt moved from Wright City
to St. Charles
in May, completing the move the day before the tornado hit. Fortunately, they also escaped any damage.
§
Emily & Tyler are still in the
Springfield
area. Both of their older children are
now in school. Gracie is in 2nd
grade and Levi in Kindergarten, each of them enjoying their school. One year old Wesley is keeping his mom busy
at home.
§
Becky, Elise, Beth, and Tina still
live at home with us. Each of them drive
and work nearby. They all keep busy with
various activities ranging from computer gaming, CosPlay and violin to movie
watching and shopping!
We sincerely wish you a Merry
Christmas and pray the Lord grants you a great 2014!
The Walkers (Bruce, Debbie, Rebekah, Elise, Bethany, Christina)
No comments:
Post a Comment